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Jimmy Carter: Gore Beat Bush in 2000
World Net Daily ^ | 09-21-05 | Joe Kovacs

Posted on 09/23/2005 4:42:47 AM PDT by Klickitat

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23
2005

Five years after the controversial 2000 presidential election, ex-President Jimmy Carter now says he's certain Al Gore defeated George W. Bush.

"Well I would say that in the year 2000, the country failed abysmally in the presidential election process," Carter told a panel Monday at American University in Washington, D.C. "There's no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president."

Those in attendance broke out in applause for that statement.

"[Gore] received the most votes nationwide, and in my opinion, he also received the most votes in Florida," Carter continued. "And the decision was made as you know on a 5-4 vote on a highly partisan basis by the U.S. Supreme Court, so I would say in 2000, there was a failure."

The year 2000 saw the closest presidential election in American history, as Bush won the electoral vote 271-266, despite losing the popular vote to Gore by a half-million votes.

Carter's analysis went on to include last year's matchup between Bush and Democrat Sen. John Kerry, as the election came down to a battle over the electoral votes in Ohio.

"The year 2004 is hard to grade," said Carter. "I don't have any detailed information about what actually went on in Ohio. If Ohio had gone one way or the other, it would have changed the outcome of the election. And the only thing that I know about Ohio, was that there's general consensus that the secretary of state of Ohio, who is responsible for the administration of the election, was highly partisan in his public approach and perhaps even in his private adminstration. But I don't know about that."

Carter's remarks are sparking discussion on messageboards across the Internet, with comments including:



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KEYWORDS: 2000; algore; apathy; carter; floridarecount; jimmycarter; killerrabbit; leftistbias; leftistidiot; leftistlies; leftiststupidity; miseryindex; moonbat
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To: Klickitat

What are the odds of Carter having a seat, anywheres, at the 2008 Dem convention?


121 posted on 09/23/2005 7:36:36 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Klickitat
From the mind of jimma : The country failed abysmally in the presidential election process.
122 posted on 09/23/2005 7:37:48 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: Klickitat
"Well I would say that in the year 2000, the country failed abysmally in the presidential election process," Carter told a panel Monday at American University in Washington, D.C. "There's no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president."


123 posted on 09/23/2005 7:41:23 AM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Bear_Slayer

I am heading to work right now so real quick:

1 - The USSC did "vacate" the FSC decision to extend the deadline. It was a complete slap-down saying, in essence: we don't know how you got here. Then after the contests trial of Judge Sauls, the FSC reversed that decision, decided undervotes were to be tabulated not just in Gores chosen Demo counties but every county. All to be done in two days before the Dec. 12 federal deadline. The FSC didn't even address the vacating of their previous ruling and ignored essentially all the questions the USSC had in regards to the first decision.

But here is all you need to remember. There were two votes (dependent on the affirmative outcome of the first)- one to verify whether there had been equal protection violations and two whether there was time for a quick and accurate remedy. On the first the vote was 7-2 that there were equal protection violations. The much-quoted 5-4 decision is what finalized the victory for the president and rightfully so but the fact is it was truly a 7-2 decision that won the presidency for Bush.

As far as to a book - the best quick summary would be Bill Sammons "At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried To Steal The Presidency"


124 posted on 09/23/2005 7:42:05 AM PDT by torchthemummy ("Dems preach to their moonbat choir while the Pubbies sing to the audience. " - TTM)
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To: daviscupper

All anyone has to do to shut this buffoon up; Ask him about how the KKK helped him get elected Governor of Ga.

That is known fact! Hell the history channel even did a show about it a few years ago.


125 posted on 09/23/2005 7:42:18 AM PDT by Beagle8U
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To: GianniV
I also once heard Jimmy Carter (on some biography show) say, that if the hostages had been released prior to the election, that he had "No doubt, in his mind", he would have been reelected.

Seems he forgot the rest of his Presidential failures!

126 posted on 09/23/2005 7:44:07 AM PDT by codercpc
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To: Klickitat

Who really gives a flip what that bitter old fool thinks? So he spoke to a room full of academic elite airheads at American University. When it's all said and done, George W. Bush is in the White House, and Al Gore ain't.

And if Jimmah Cahtuh wants to talk about winning and losing, we can always discuss 1980.


127 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:57 AM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: sauropod
Guess he's tired of His Slickness sucking up all the post-Prez oxygen.

He's stuck on malaise.

128 posted on 09/23/2005 7:52:24 AM PDT by Lil'freeper
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To: Aussiebabe
Has there ever in the USA history been a worse President than Jimmy Carter? In my mind the mess we are in currently in the Middle East was because of his wimpy response to the hostage taking in Iran during his term.

While Carter was the worst ever, Bush has only himself to blame over in the Middle East. He should of routed the terrorists out of Syria (and found the WMD's), He should of forced the Saudis and Kuwaitis into lower oil prices and he should of started some gas refineries.

129 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:18 AM PDT by Dan Walsh
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To: Coop
Great point! I'd love for President Bush to announce his candidacy for 2008 based on that reasoning. We could sit back and watch the libs' heads explode!

Or just expose the hypocrisy!
130 posted on 09/23/2005 7:55:23 AM PDT by GatorGirl
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To: Klickitat
This makes me sad. There is no civility in this country anymore...(if there ever was, but at least we pretended) and the ironic part is that we always get blamed.
131 posted on 09/23/2005 7:57:58 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: Dan Walsh
Bush has only himself to blame over in the Middle East. He should of routed the terrorists out of Syria (and found the WMD's), He should of forced the Saudis and Kuwaitis into lower oil prices and he should of started some gas refineries.

Tell me, Dan. Does it require some type of surgery, or just very heavy doses of medication to come up with nonsense like that?

132 posted on 09/23/2005 8:03:00 AM PDT by Coop (FR= a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: Klickitat
Two words to describe Carter - Senile Dementia. This is the same a$$hole who said that Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro won fairly too.
133 posted on 09/23/2005 8:07:32 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Klickitat

Jimmy who?


134 posted on 09/23/2005 8:11:19 AM PDT by SolidRedState (E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
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To: Klickitat
This isn't funny. For a former President to make such divisive comments in the face of solid evidence to the contrary is an affront to the nation. Nixon had much more cause to make such complaints in 1960, but he set a dignified example and said nothing.

At best, Carter is an ass. At worst, a treasonous ass.

135 posted on 09/23/2005 8:16:48 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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To: Klickitat
President Goober is becoming as bad an ex-President as he was a President!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Winning Troops

136 posted on 09/23/2005 8:20:56 AM PDT by bray (Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)
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To: Klickitat


137 posted on 09/23/2005 8:21:41 AM PDT by AMERIKA
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To: Aussiebabe

"Has there ever in the USA history been a worse President than Jimmy Carter?"

The "Worst President in History" title was formerly held by James Buchanan, whose bumbling lack of leadership in the late 1850's contributed in large part to the outbreak of the Civil War. Six months into his presidency Jimmy Carter had already taken the title for all time. Even Slick Willie at his very worst was better than Carter.

If, God forbid, we ever elect someone worse than Carter, we will be on the slippery slope to oblivion.


138 posted on 09/23/2005 8:27:28 AM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: torchthemummy

hanks for the summary. I'll look for the book.


139 posted on 09/23/2005 8:32:18 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: Klickitat


The real question is whether Jimmy Carter will ever
be able to beat back the moonbats in his belfry.

140 posted on 09/23/2005 8:38:37 AM PDT by OESY
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